Office of Recipient Rights

Rights Information Links

General Mental Health Information
http://www.athealth.com

Mental Health Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN)
http://www.mentalhealth.org

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (Excellent site!)
http://www.bazelon.org/bazelon/

Information on Managed Care
http://psychiatry.medscape.com/Home/Topics/psychiatry/psychiatry.html

Mental Health Patients Bill of Rights
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/rights/rights.html

National Coalition of Mental health Professionals and Consumers
http://www.nomanagedcare.org/

NAMI
http://www.nami.org/

Protection & Advocacy
http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com/

National Coalition for Patient Rights
http://www.nationalcpr.org/

Managed Care Concerns - Compare bills under consideration
http://www.familiesusa.org/managedcare/

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
http://ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/index.html

The Fair Housing Act
http://www.hud.gov/fhe/fheact.html

Rehabilitation Act Amendments
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/RSA/RehabAct.html

Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA)
http://www.ncd.gov/youth/cripa.html

DD Assistance & Bill of Rights Act
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/add/dd-act.htm

Justice in Mental Health Organization
http://members.aol.com/jimhofw/jimho.htm

President's Committee on Mental Retardation
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/pcmr/National

Parent Network on Disabilities
http://www.npnd.org/

Links to more links!
http://www.wcls.org/links.html
http://thearc.org/misc/dislnkin.html
http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/linkframe.htm
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/mrsites.html